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Lewis J. Selznick
Producer + Actor
Male
Born
May 2, 1870
Died
Jan 25, 1933
Death Place
Los Angeles, Cali...
Other Names
Lewis Zeleznik
Lewis J. Selznick was a Jewish-Ukrainian-American producer in the early years of the film industry.
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CHILDHOOD
1870
Birth
Selznick was born Lewis Zeleznick in 1870 in Kiev, Russia (now Ukraine), and emigrated to the United States at age 18.
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TWENTIES
FORTIES
1910
40 Years Old
In 1910 in New York City, he opened what he called "the world's largest jewelry store"; however, the business closed within a few months.
1914
44 Years Old
Fascinated with the fledgling motion picture business, and recognizing a business opportunity with great potential, he joined a film production company. In 1914, he founded World Film Company, a film distribution company in Fort Lee, New Jersey, where many early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in the early part of the 20th century.
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1915
45 Years Old
Selznick's company became very successful, in 1915 hiring Sidney Olcott away from Kalem Studios plus the French director Maurice Tourneur away from the American arm of the giant, Pathé.
1916
46 Years Old
By 1916, personality conflicts with his partners saw him ousted from the firm by the Board of Directors.
FIFTIES
1920
50 Years Old
Lewis Selznick continued in film on the East Coast until 1920 when he moved to Hollywood, California where he teamed up with Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky.
1925
55 Years Old
However, within a few years his company, Lewis J. Selznick Productions, Inc., experienced severe financial difficulties and went bankrupt in 1925.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1933
63 Years Old
He retired from the business and died in Los Angeles, California in 1933.
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